We round up the best sweet and savory rhubarb concoctions from Portland's top restaurants so you can ring in spring like a pro.

Springtime in Portland happens as much on our plates as it does in our gardens and on our weather reports. Every year at restaurants and farmers markets, the winter roots and leaves start fading away in favor of sweet, bright green things—and one colorful ingredient that stands out like a red beacon of sunny days ahead: rhubarb.

Ox: The Dentons show the sweet and savory sides of the rose-hued ingredient with a Belgian endive and arugula salad with rhubarb, fourme d'ambert blue cheese, toasted pecans, and dijon vinaigrette as well as a rhubarb vanilla sorbet with bittersweet chocolate "magic shell." 2225 NE Martin Luther King Jr